To determine the hazard level for an area, factors such as fire history, existing and potential vegetation, predicted flame ...

TALKED WITH FIRE OFFICIALS IN THE EAST BAY ABOUT THE NEW MAP. THE GREEN FOREST HILLS OF ORINDA. FOR MANY, THIS IS WHY THEY LIVE HERE. WE LOVE LIVING HERE AND WE’D LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.

The new maps include Oakland and Santa Rosa, scenes of deadly fires, along with Northern California’s wine country. New fire hazard maps for the entire state will be released by March 24 ...

The Observatory narrowly escaped being consumed by wildfire as fire crews worked overnight to beat back flames in the foothills above east San Jose. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) New maps ...

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COUNTY IS BEING IMPACTED BY THE NEW FIRES. SO THIS IS TRACY CHIEF RANDALL BRADLEY HEADS THE SOUTH SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY AND HAS BEEN ANTICIPATING CAL FIRE’S RELEASE OF THE FIRE ...

Cal Fire released new fire hazard severity maps for coastal Northern California on Monday as part of a two-month rollout process that ends with Southern California on March 24. The new maps ...

The new maps are expected to expand the roughly 800,000 acres currently in local fire jurisdictions zoned as “very high” by an additional 247,000 acres. Some 1.16 million acres will be categor ...

The new maps add 1.4 million acres of land statewide into higher fire severity categories, accompanied by stricter building and local planning code requirements for property owners. To view the ...